The Netflix teen drama Geek Girl will debut online on May 30.
The young adult novels by Holly Smale have been made into a 10-part series, focusing on awkward, neurodivergent teenager Harriet Manners (Emily Carey) whose life is turned upside down when she is spotted to be a model and embarks on a life-affirming journey of self-discovery as she balances high school and high fashion.
Tim Downie (Outlander), Sarah Parish (Broadchurch) and Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen and Hex) also star.
On May 30, the Netflix limited series Eric will debut online.
Set in 1980s New York, the series will follow the desperate search by a father (Benedict Cumberbatch) when his nine-year-old son disappears one morning on the way to school.
The cast includes Gaby Hoffmann, Clarke Peters, Dan Fogler and McKinley Belcher III.
The new series Destination Heaven will debut on Great American Pure Flix online on May 24.
The six-part scripted series features Harry Lennix (The Blacklist and Man of Steel) as God, who in each episode, will encounter people in a myriad of circumstances who all believe they’re doing the right things only to discover their approach to being good is going through the motions rather than growing emotionally or intellectually from the circumstance.
The guest stars will include Kevin Sorbo, Emily Rose and Tim Bensch.
On May 17, the limited series The Big Cigar will debut online on Apple TV+.
Based on the monumental, eponymous magazine article by Joshuah Bearman this series is the incredible true story of Hollywood revolution meeting social revolution: it’s a wild caper of Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton (Andre Holland), who escapes from the FBI to Cuba with the assistance of famed producer Bert Schneider (Alessandro Nivola) in an impossibly elaborate plan – involving a fake movie production – that goes wrong every way it possibly can. And somehow, it’s all true.
The series includes Tiffany Boone, Rebecca Dalton and P.J. Byrne (among others).
On May 14, the new limited series The Killing Kind will debut online on Hulu.
The series is based on the best-selling book by Jane Casey. Nobody understands the dark gap between justice and the law better than Ingrid Lewis. As a successful barrister, Ingrid is used to dealing with tricky clients, but no-one rivals John Webster. Charming, good-looking, successful and clever. Webster was accused of coercive control by an ex-girlfriend and in court Ingrid successfully defended him, winning the case.
Following the trial, Ingrid got close to Webster, too close and when she tried to exit the relationship, he turned on her and her world imploded. Now, just when she is rebuilding her life he suddenly reappears and tells her that someone is out to kill her and only he can protect her. Fueled by a need to find out the truth and locked in a game of ‘cat and mouse’ Ingrid must decide if Webster is Friend or Foe, Murderer or Protector. Stalker or Savior? And can Ingrid discover the truth before it is too late?
On May 9, the new Netflix drama Bodkin will debut online.
In this darkly comedic thriller, a crew of podcasters sets out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic Irish town.
Will Forte, David Wilmot, Chris Walley, Robyn Cara and Siobhan Cullen star.
The new Apple TV+ drama Dark Matter will debut online on May 8.
This sci-fi thriller series is based on the book by Blake Crouch that follows Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life.
Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.
The cast includes Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga and Jimmi Simpson.
On May 5, the new drama MaryLand will debut at 9 PM on PBS.
The series follows Becca (Suranne Jones from Vigil and Gentleman Jack) and Rosaline (Eve Best from Nurse Jackie and House of the Dragon), two sisters that were distanced, but that through tragic events, learn to love and respect each other again.
The new 4-part Australian rural noir crime drama Scrublands will debut online on both AMC+ and Sundance Now on May 2.
Based on Chris Hammer’s award-winning and bestselling crime novel, the captivating series follows a country town grappling with the aftermath of a horrible crime, still trying to come to terms with it a year on.
Viewer discretion is advised given the subject matter.
Jay Ryan, Luke Arnold and Bella Heathcote co-star.
On May 2, the new Netflix drama A Man in Full will debut online today
Facing relentless foes and sudden bankruptcy, Atlanta real estate tycoon (Jeff Daniels) must claw his way back to the top when his empire begins to crumble.
The series also stars Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Sarah Jones, William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen and Tom Pelphrey.
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